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External morphology of adult (
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) with proximal end covered with conspicuous punctiform sensillae; distal part covered with delicate filiform sensillae; between proximal and distal parts an accumulation of spines. Apophysis of temones (
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) long and separated from each other. Female genitalia unknown.
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Keith (2010) described
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<emphasis id="B9680A47A6790666FE3FF8E1FD39E353" box="[452,731,1864,1890]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">Miridiba schoolmeesteri</emphasis>
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based on a male
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from
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.After studying the
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(DKC), we consider that features of external morphology and genitalia confirm that this species belongs to
<taxonomicName id="4C1CADD6A6790666FEC6F826FE40E398" authorityName="Pseudosinensis" authorityYear="2021" baseAuthorityName="Matsumoto" baseAuthorityYear="2011" box="[317,418,1935,1961]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Miridiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="76" pageNumber="77" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9680A47A6790666FEC6F826FE40E398" box="[317,418,1935,1961]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">Miridiba</emphasis>
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. Although the aedeagus is damaged, the parameres seem to have one dorsal and two ventral branches, the ventral ones partially fused, and endophallus with raspulae at distal end and spines
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isolated at middle, similar to that of
<taxonomicName id="4C1CADD6A6780667FDADFEA3FD2CE512" authorityName="Gao &amp; Coca-Abia" authorityYear="2021" baseAuthorityName="Reitter" baseAuthorityYear="1902" box="[598,718,266,291]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Miridiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="scutata">
<emphasis id="B9680A47A6780667FDADFEA3FD2CE512" box="[598,718,266,291]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">M. scutata</emphasis>
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. These characteristics could suggest that
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<emphasis id="B9680A47A6780667FB5FFEA3FA97E512" box="[1188,1397,265,291]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">M. schoolmeesteri</emphasis>
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belongs to morphotype VIII “
<emphasis id="B9680A47A6780667FDEAFE84FD85E576" box="[529,615,301,327]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">Scutata</emphasis>
”. Hence, we include
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<emphasis id="B9680A47A6780667FCA6FE84FBCDE577" box="[861,1071,300,326]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">M. schoolmeesteri</emphasis>
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in the morphotype VIII.
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<emphasis id="B9680A47A6780667FF46FEC4FEB4E5B6" bold="true" box="[189,342,365,391]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">Distribution</emphasis>
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<collectingCountry id="F30B96C5A6780667FF46FE35FEC6E587" box="[189,292,412,438]" name="Vietnam" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">Vietnam</collectingCountry>
.
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<emphasis id="B9680A47A6780667FF46FE76FCBCE5CA" bold="true" box="[189,862,478,507]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">Species included in Morphotype IX “Ciliatipennis”</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="8BA3D655A6780667FF46FDBAFDBCE642" blockId="77.[189,1399,531,628]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">The group is composed of three species, which are characterized by antenna 9-segmented, pronotal surface densely punctate (distance between punctures shorter than diameter of puncture), and male and female genitalia as specified above.</paragraph>
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